Gymnocalycium gibbosum subsp. gibbosum sec. Charles 2009
- =Echinocactus gibbosus var. ferox Labour. ex Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 583. 1886 syn. sec. Metzing 2021
- ≡Echinocactus ferox Spreng. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 4: 193. 1894 syn. sec. Metzing 2021
- ≡Echinocactus gibbosus f. ferox (Labour. ex Rümpler) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult.: 186. 1907 syn. sec. Metzing 2021
- ≡Gymnocalycium gibbosum subsp. ferox (Labour. ex Rümpler) Papsch in Gymnocalycium 9: 201. 1996 syn. sec. Charles 2009
- =Gymnocalycium gibbosum subsp. radekii Halda & Milt in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 9: 63. 2002 syn. sec. Charles 2009